John Brunner Quote

We know a lot nowadays about how to extrapolate from rats to people, but we don't only have to rely on that. In a sense we've made ourselves into experimental animals. There are too many of us, too crowded, in an environment we've poisoned with our own-uh-byproducts. Now when this happens to a wild species, or to rats in a lab, the next generation turns out weaker and slower and more timid. This is a defense mechanism.

John Brunner

We know a lot nowadays about how to extrapolate from rats to people, but we don't only have to rely on that. In a sense we've made ourselves into experimental animals. There are too many of us, too crowded, in an environment we've poisoned with our own-uh-byproducts. Now when this happens to a wild species, or to rats in a lab, the next generation turns out weaker and slower and more timid. This is a defense mechanism.

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About John Brunner

John Brunner may refer to:

Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet (1842–1919), British industrialist and Liberal Member of Parliament
John L. Brunner (1929–1980), Pennsylvania politician
Sir John Brunner, 2nd Baronet (1865–1929), British Liberal Member of Parliament
John Brunner (author) (1934–1995), British author, mainly of science fiction